4 Mar
2003
4 Mar
'03
2:13 p.m.
=Kerry Mitchell There was some research done and reported last year of so about e being the optimal base.
This is an old chestnut. I wouldn't be surprised if it dates back at least to Claude Shannon. So, since 3 is closer to e than 2 is, I guess ternary is "better" than binary? I think Knuth talks about this too...